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Mobile phones not linked to brain cancer: review (english.news.cn)

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CANBERRA, Sept. 5 (Xinhua) -- Mobile phones are not linked to head cancers, a World Health Organization-commissioned review by Australian government scientists has concluded.

Researchers from the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA) on Wednesday published the results of a systematic review into the potential health effects of radio wave exposure from mobile phones.

The review, commissioned by the World Health Organization (WHO), analyzed the results of over 5,000 studies conducted between 1994 and 2022, and found that brain tumor rates have remained steady despite a widespread increase in mobile phone usage in the same period.

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[–] trashxeos@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 1 month ago

As someone who has a radio license and had (admittedly too long ago) done a lot of studying to get it, I always assumed this would be the result. RF is non ionizing, so it should have no effect on DNA. That said, RF in high enough power levels can still cause stuff like burns or boil your insides (it's how microwaves work, by exciting the water molecules using RF) so don't be grabbing random transmission antennas.